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King Edward Medical University is a public medical university located in Lahore.

Founded in 1860, the university is named after King Edward VII.

Established by the British Raj, named as Lahore Medical School.

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Buland Darwaza, or the "Door of Victory", was built in 1601 A.D. by Mughal emperor Akbar to commemorate his victory over Gujarat

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Taxila was the capital of Ghandhara

Gandhara was an ancient kingdom situated along the Kabul and Swat rivers of Afghanistan and Pakistan. 

 Taxila was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1980.

The old name of Taxila wasTakhshasila

Taxila's Province in Punjab

Taxila's Division is Rawalpindi Division

Taxila's District is Rawalpindi District

Taxila's Tehsil is Taxila Tehsil

Old Taxila was an important city in ancient India, 

Taxila is one of Punjab's popular tourist spots

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The name Punjab is made of two words Punj (Five) + Aab (Water) i.e. land of five rivers.

These five rivers of Punjab are Sutlej, Beas, Ravi, Chenab, and Jhelum.

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The Potwar plateau is an ancient region of petroleum production in Pakistan.

The plateau is the location of Pakistan’s major oil fields, the first of which were discovered at:

Khaur (1915) and Dhulian (1935)

the Tut field was discovered in 1968

and exploration continued in the area in the 1970s

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Petroleum exploration in Pakistan began in the early 1860s during the British colonial period.

The first oil well was drilled in 1866 near Kundian, Punjab, by the Burmah Oil Company. 

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After the partition of British India in 1947, the capital of Pakistan was Karachi.

In 1963, Islamabad was established as the new capital of Pakistan, replacing Karachi.

Reasons for Shifting Capital: Islamabad's location in the northern part of the country provided better accessibility to all regions of Pakistan, unlike Karachi

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He was a spiritual disciple of Nizamuddin Aulia of Delhi India .

He is also known as voice of India or Parrot of India .

Father of Urdu Literature

Khusrau is credited for the invention of Sitar . 

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• Microsoft Windows is a great invention of both Paul Allen and Bill Gates.
• They co-founded Microsoft in 1975 and developed the Windows operating system, which was first released in 1985.
• Paul Allen was the chief architect of the company's early successes, and Bill Gates was the business visionary who helped turn Windows into a global phenomenon.

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Forefathers means آباو اجداد

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